Pride and Prejudice seems to have endured as Austen's most popular work, but Persuasion has always been my favorite. Anne is one of Austen's most sympathetic characters, as her quiet woes and small joys are felt by the reader throughout the entire novel. This is unsurprising, given that Persuasion explores human emotion in a way that no other Austen novel does, and perhaps in a way that few novels before Persuasion's publication even attempted. It's a worthwhile read.